Author: Aaron Gordon
Date: 02:26:45 12/30/04
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On December 30, 2004 at 01:22:24, Joseph Merolle wrote: >I installed a throttle watch and noticed my clock speed moves a bit in a game. >When I am off line its stay some what consitent using all its cpu power. However >when I am playing or analizing on line some times my cpu is kicking out half the >mhz. Is this normal? > >I have no viruses and I dont run any other aplication other then net scape and >shredder. > > >Regards Joseph Depends on your CPU. If it is a P4 and is dropping down, it is most likely too hot and trying to save itself from death. If it is an Athlon 64 it most likely has CnQ (Cool'n'Quiet) enabled. This reduces clock speed when the CPU isn't under load to keep the CPU running cool. You can disable that in tbe bios usually. The P4 overheating problem, well, you'll just need to get a new heatsink/fan in that situation. I hear the P4-3.6 and P4-3.8GHz chips run so hot with regular cooling that they throttle in everything.. so basically without water cooling you'll be back to p4-2.8ghz speeds and running a nice 'n toasty 80C cpu temp.
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